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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), Avestan *𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (*kərəsa, “meager, lean”).
Also compare gracilis (“thin, slender”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cracēns (genitive cracentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- slender, neat, graceful (as the letter C)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “cracens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cracens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN